Mary Davis
Maker
(artist)
(publisher)
1764-1826
(publisher)
1764-1826
Title
Mary Davis
Date of Production
1813
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5848.51
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : From an Original Painting in the British Museum. / MRS. MARY DAVIS / of great Saughall near Chester A [colon] 1668 Aetatis 74 when / she was 28 years of Age, an Excrescence grew upon her / head, like to a Wen, which continuted 30 years and then / grew into two Horns. / Published as the Act directs Sep.r [colon] 10 [colon] 1792, by J. Caulfield, London. [ampersand] J. Herbert. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin centre & recto : : BRITISH SCHOOL //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin centre & recto : : J. Caulfield, Portraits Remarkable Persons, 1813. //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & verso : : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower margin right & verso : : M //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin centre & recto : : BRITISH SCHOOL //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin centre & recto : : J. Caulfield, Portraits Remarkable Persons, 1813. //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & verso : : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower margin right & verso : : M //
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